Real Madrid will host Deportivo Alaves at the Santiago Bernabeu in the 25th week of La Liga 2017-2018, Saturday (24/2/2018). Los Blancos clearly aiming for victory in order to smooth the mission of pursuing Barcelona.
Currently Cristiano Ronaldo Cs perched in third position La Liga standings with 48 points. they are 14 points adrift of Barcelona which is still firmly at the top of the standings.
Real Madrid captain, Sergio Ramos, judging his team is now back to the right track. As is known, Los Blancos always reap the victory in the last four games in all competitions.
"We have turned things around and achieved our goals little by little.We will stay in the Spanish league and narrow the distance as much as we can, we will stay better and try not to concede as often as we can," Ramos said.
unfortunately Ramos can not be played on the match counter Alaves. This Spanish player should be absent due to sanction cards. Madrid defense increasingly eroded after Marcelo entered the treatment room. Instead, Madrid will lose Nacho and Theo Hernandez.
in midfield, Toni Kroos and Luka Modric, will also be absent because they have not recovered from injury. Luckily Karim Benzema, Gareth Bale, and Cristiano Ronaldo ready to bombard Alaves defense.
Physical can be an obstacle for Madrid in the game later. they only have two days to rest after rolling Leganes with a score of 3-1, Thursday (22/2/2018).
However, Real Madrid coach, Zinedine Zidane, remain confident foster children will achieve good results in the game later. "We have to maintain this pacethis is a short time to recover the condition, but that's what must happen, "Zidane said.
Based on statistics, Champions League champions last season is indeed far more favored to win. In the last eight cons of Alaves, Los Blancos always win.
in addition, Real Madrid is also known sharply against Alaves at the Santiago Bernabeu. In five games of cage cons Alaves, the Spanish capital team at least scored three goals.
The order of Players :
real Madrid (4-4-2): Keylor Navas; Dani Carvajal, Nacho, Raphael Varane, Theo Hernandez; Gareth Bale, Mateo Kovacic, Casemiro, Isco; Karim Benzema, Cristiano Ronaldo
Coach: Zinedine Zidane (France)
alaves (4-4-2): Fernando Pacheco; Alexis Ruano, Rodrigo Ely, Victor Laguardia, Ruben Duarte; Ibai Gomez, Manu Garcia, Tomas Pina, Alfonso Pedraza; John Guidetti, Ruben Sobrino
Coach: Abelardo Fernandez